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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 11 No.2 September 2014 !2

Well…..first edition under my belt, albeit with a few errors,
particularly the Letter’s page as a loose insert, so not overly
satisfied with the result. The most important error was the
wrong date for the December Garden Party, this should of
course be Thursday, December 4th.
Anyway I hope you all enjoyed the March issue?

The extremely bad weather in the south from December through to mid-end March,
caused a lot of anxiety and heartache for many people forced out of their homes, and
also prevented early season cycling for those of us still inclined towards activities on a
bike.
!
However onwards and upward; so what is there to read about in this issue?
Lots of activities actually, since our President has been very keen to get members
participating together in as many events as possible during his tenure and he has
certainly ‘done his bit at the front of the peleton’. It all started well with an excellent
evening in March at the Revolution Track Series at the Velodrome - see the report and
pictures later in this issue. You can catch up on the rest of the action as you scroll
through this issue, which covers the Golf Day, the unveiling of the Club plaque, the Tour
de France in Harrogate and Mr Pickwick goes to France amongst others.
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Of course there was also the President’s Luncheon in May where I met my son Nathaniel.
Not a bad turnout but many members still only attend the December Garden Party, - you
don’t know what you’re missing. Plus there were still club members and guests not seated
when the President & guests arrived in spite of various warnings - which is really rather
bad mannered and disruptive for those that have bothered to be seated on time.
There is more about that within these pages.
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In the meantime, whilst not riding in the club colours, Joseph Smiggers Esq and Winkle
Snr battled against the ravages of Hurricane Bertha in the Prudential Ride London/
Surrey (Short) 100 mile charity bike ride on August 10th, when the worst rain/wind of
the summer fell upon us. Wet but not daunted, we both completed the course,
disappointed of course that the organisers took out the two steepest climbs, but we
raised significant amounts for our respective Alzheimers and Help the Hospices
charities.
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Enjoy …………..Mr Winkle Snr